Choosing the Metzger Music Studio has truly been one of the best decisions of my and my wife's lives! Our daughter goes to Martin for guitar lessons and I fear I may not be able to convey here just how amazing he is and what his instruction has meant for our daughter as a musician! I would recommend Martin and his crew any day! We wanted to get our girl started on guitar very early, only because she was exhibiting an affinity toward music and guitar that got us thinking it wouldn't hurt to try her at guitar, so we contacted Martin. He readily welcomed the notion of trialing and the rest is history. Besides being a phenomenal guitarist, his being an amazing person and having a Masters in Education have both manifested in the amazing way in which Martin teaches our girl to play the guitar. He works with her at her own pace, taking cues from how she learns in order to tailor his instructions to suit her learning, all the while making the lessons equal parts guitar and fun, entertaining our girl's every whim to be jovial and enjoy learning the guitar. He shows her the utmost respect and teaches her in a way that has inspired her to look up to flamenco legends. For her age, that level of aspiration itself is awe-inspiring and the credit goes to Martin. He doubles down on skills that our girl is good at while helping her elevate those she needs more work on, from strumming to chords to rhythms to percussion to improvising. We love his holistic approach of teaching the pupil to actually feel music and rhythm rather than just to learn to play the guitar. His methods have resulted in wonders! We have been fortunate to witness moments of our girl's performance that have impressed even Martin. That is the level of quality of instruction one can expect from Martin. He stresses on practicing, practicing and practicing some more. He also encourages playing at recitals that he arranges for his students, which is a great way for the student to be inspired and be audience-ready. He has also started our girl on sight reading, which is helping her to learn to play the guitar while reading music. I would characterize Martin's overall approach as informed (no unnecessary attachments to old or new methods just for the sake of it), inspiring, feedback-loop-based, very disciplined and simply amazing! And his guitar skills? Incredible! Let me put it this way, we have considered migrating to a warmer climate and one of the top considerations that have kept us in Chicago is that we don't want to lose Martin as our friend and our daughter's guitar teacher. And he's been a great friend to our daughter too. There are great guitar teachers everywhere, but there's only one Martin. Our girl's weekly guitar lesson is one of the highlights of her week that she looks forward to. It is a joy to see her learn to play the guitar and have the time of her life while at it! As for the rest of his studio, Martin has 16 teachers on every instrument (and even voice) who travel to people's homes for lessons, which is convenient for many families. The teachers are well-educated, passionate about their instruments and art, and they are wonderful with children. As I alluded to earlier, the studio also puts on three recitals free of charge every year! I only give online reviews when I feel the recipient absolutely deserves it and reviewing Martin and his studio was a no-brainer! I wholeheartedly recommend the Metzger Music Studio for any potential student interested in developing a lifetime love for learning music! read more

First of all he doesn't speak Spanish at all, if he lies about this he lies about everything. Second: never met such a dishonest creepy guy always doing calculations about people and misjudging others and situations in general. He suffers from a mental disorder that makes him constantly paranoid. Third: He always demeans people and don't even care to respect couples or married women. A totally perverted man always seeking nudity and to sexualize the body of others for himself. Fourth: he boasts about sleeping with student mothers. Fifth: he embraces slave labor (just another facet of his jeopardizing attitude towards others in which the only concern is his pocket always). So stealing is natural to him as a means of survival and making a livelihood. Sixth: withholds knowledge from his students in order to keep them forever entrapped in his classes. (And worst of all he laughs about it and makes jokes about his students). He plays okay as a performer, but to be in touch with all this package the only sound advice would be to run away from this guy since he's a ticking clock counting to explode and disrespect whatever is sent his way. I deeply regret being nice to him and even talking to him before, he had the worst attitude possible for someone who was embraced by another family and received loans to get education and so. He just forgot that he was once helped and got haughty and now is all about stocks and money, no matter the means necessary for obtaining wealth. Of course he tries to act and pretend being nice in front of others but once there is no one watching the monster puts his fang outside and it's creepy! In a way I've never seen. read more

We are truly loving working with Martin Metzger. Our 12-year old son looks forward to his lessons and is excited to play the music he and Martin choose together. Martin strongly believes in allowing kids to follow their interests, and has the talent, interest, and patience to help them do so in a wide range of genres. Martin is knowledgeable and dedicated both as a musician and as an educator. We travel a bit of a distance for lessons and are convinced it's well worth our time. We recommend him highly to anyone at any age looking for a great guitar instructor. read more

I love learning guitar from Marty! He's been my guitar teacher for four years now and I'm still happy with him. Marty has adapted his lesson style as I learn and got older, so the lesson is always interesting with new things to learn. We've also developed a bunch of inside jokes. Marty is a nice guy who makes learning guitar about enjoying music and teaching yourself discipline to be able to learn guitar. He's a nice guy who's laidback, but will make sure you learn something new every lesson. I wouldn't pick any teacher over him. read more

I would highly recommend Martin to anyone who is looking to learn to play the guitar. Our 11 year old daughter has been taking lessons with him for over a year and has learned a ton! Martin listens and really tailors the lessons to fit the student. They are able to play the music that they want to play with Martin's guidance. It has been a very positive experience! read more